Melitopol Raion
Subdivision of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
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Melitopol Raion (Ukrainian: Мелітопольський район) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Melitopol. Population: 276,638 (2022 estimate).[2]
Melitopol Raion
Мелітопольський район | |
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 Interactive map of Melitopol Raion | |
| Coordinates: 46°56′35.1″N 35°16′34.96″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Established | 1930 |
| Admin. center | Melitopol |
| Subdivisions | 16 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Valeriy Gorban |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,081.04 km2 (2,734.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 276,638 |
| • Density | 39.0674/km2 (101.184/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 72330—72384 |
| Area code | +380 619 |
| Website | http://www.mrda.gov.ua/ |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Melitopol Raion was significantly expanded. [3][4] The population was 48,191 (2020 est.).[5]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the raion has been occupied by Russia. Pro-Ukrainian partisans are very active in the area.[6]
Subdivisions
The raion is divided into sixteen hromadas:
- Chakove rural hromada, with its center in Chkalove
- Kostiantynivka rural hromada, with its center in Kostiantynivka
- Kyrylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Kyrylivka
- Melitopol urban hromada, coterminous with the city Melitopol
- Myrne settlement hromada, with its center in Myrne
- Nove rural hromada, with its center in Nove
- Novobohdanivka rural hromada, with its center in Novobohdanivka
- Novouspenivka rural hromada, with its center in Novouspenivka
- Novovasylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Novovasylivka, Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Oleksandrivka rural hromada, with its center in Oleksandrivka
- Plodorodne rural hromada, with its center in Plodorodne
- Pryazovske settlement hromada, with its center in Pryazovske
- Semenivka rural hromada, with its center in Semenivka
- Terpinnia rural hromada, with its center in Terpinnia
- Vesele settlement hromada, with its center in Vesele
- Yakymivka settlement hromada, with its center in Yakymivka
Geography
Melitopol Raion is located on the Black Sea coast, on the Black Sea Lowland. [7] The area of the district is 7 081.0 km2.[8]
Typical landscapes for Melitopol Raion are steppes on chernozems. There are salt marshes. Steppe vegetation, due to plowing, has been preserved mainly on the slopes of river valleys and gullies. [9]
Molochna river flow through Melitopol Raion.[7]
The climate of the district is temperate continental with dry periods, but there is a softening of the climate due to the proximity to the Sea of Azov. [9] According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of the Melitopol Raion is humid continental with hot summers (Dfa).[10]
Transport
Melitopol is the main transport hub of the district. The M14 Odesa-Novoazovsk highway and the M18 Kharkiv-Simferopol national highway pass through it. The Melitopol railway station is a transit point for travel in the direction of Kharkiv - Crimea.[11]
Bibliography
- Національний атлас України/НАН України, Інститут географії, Державна служба геодезії, картографії та кадастру; голов. ред. Л. Г. Руденко; голова ред. кол.Б.Є. Патон. — К.: ДНВП «Картографія», 2007. — 435 с. — 5 тис.прим. — ISBN 978-966-475-067-4.
- Географічна енциклопедія України : [у 3 т.] / редкол.: О. М. Маринич (відповід. ред.) та ін. — К., 1989—1993. — 33 000 екз. — ISBN 5-88500-015-8.